GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested 22 people including six teenagers, one of whom is a schoolgirl, at a wild party in a raid on a three-storey bungalow in Batu Ferringhi near here last Thursday (Oct 13).
North-east district police chief Asst Comm Soffian Santong (pic) said acting on information and intelligence gathered, police raided the bungalow at 1.40am and arrested 14 males and eight females, aged between 16 and 21.
"Of those arrested, six are minors and one is still in school. During a search of the bungalow, we seized two packets of ketamine weighing 0.9g and three ecstasy pills, all worth RM195.
"Initial investigations found that the organiser was a 19-year-old man who rented the bungalow at the rate of RM1,000 for one night.
"His guests were mostly his friends who received a private invitation through a WhatsApp group," he told a press conference here on Monday (Oct 17).
He said those who accepted the invitation had to pay RM80 to RM100 per person but female invitees were not charged.
Urine tests on six of the men came back positive for drugs and they were remanded for six days to help with investigations under Sections 12(3) and 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Separately, Penang Islamic Religious Affairs Department enforcement operations head Mohd Azizon Noordin said his team arrested 10 Muslim women and four men for alcohol consumption in an operation at an entertainment centre in Lebuh Chulia here early Sunday (Oct 16) morning.
"Those arrested include four Indonesian women. All 14 are aged between 18 and 34.
"The case is being investigated under the Penang Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment 1996,” he said. – Bernama
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